Spending public moneys

This is a proposal format for ALL future ballots that involve the expenditure of public funds.

It is proposed that we fund the following project:
Emergency room treatment for indigent patients will cost $X billion for one year, beginning in January. Each year this proposal will be remade with the current costs per year attached.
I, (name here), a taxpayer in the United States, Social Security No. --- -- ----, am willing to have my income taxes increased for next year by X%. This amount is fixed and cannot be exempted and will be added to other scheduled taxes.

The above is pretty much self-explanatory. It's easy to give money to needy people, when it's in the abstract or it's other people's money. Because spending seems to be a solution to all problems, it is important that we recognize what we are doing and take responsibility for it by recognizing that the funding comes directly from us, no matter how worthy the cause. We shouldn't vote for something we're not willing to contribute to.